Daniel 8:14
in Daniel 8He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
KJV
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
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This verse in Daniel 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseVerse 14. And he answered him, "'Until the evening and the morning, until two thousand three hundred days; and then the sanctuary shall be cleansed.'" If we read the Books of Maccabees and the history of Josephus, we shall find it there recorded that in the one hundred and forty-third year after the Seleucus who first reigned in Syria after the decease of Alexander, Antiochus entered Jerusalem, and after wreaking a general devastation he returned again in the third year and set up the statue of Jupiter in the Temple.
This site's exposition
How long shall be the vision
on Daniel 8:13-14
Two holy ones converse over Daniel's head, one asking how long the trampling of the sanctuary will last, and the answer comes as two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings, after which the sanctuary shall be cleansed. The commentators divide over the count itself, some reading it as twenty-three hundred full days, near six and a half years, others as twenty-three hundred half-sacrifices, morning and evening, near eleven hundred and fifty days, and both figures are named with their holders rather than settled here. The tradition ties the cleansing to the Maccabean rededication of the temple, later kept as Hanukkah, though the exact reckoning of days remains a question among the bench itself.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Then - Just so long it was, from the defection of the people, procured by Menelaus, the high-priest, to the cleansing of the sanctuary, and the re-establishment of religion among them.
on Daniel 8:1-14
The interpretation of this vision by an angel, showing that the ram signified the Persian empire, the he-goat the Grecian, and the little horn a king of the Grecian monarchy, that should set himself against the Jews and religion, which was Antiochus Epiphanes,
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֵלַ֔י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| עַ֚ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| עֶ֣רֶב | ʾerev | evening | H6153 → | 134 times |
| בֹּ֔קֶר | boker | morning | H1242 → | |
| אַלְפַּ֖יִם | ʾalpayim | two thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וּשְׁלֹ֣שׁ | ushelosh | and three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| מֵא֑וֹת | meot | hundreds | H3967 → | 581 times |
| וְנִצְדַּ֖ק | venitzdak | and it will be put right | H6663 → | |
| קֹֽדֶשׁ׃ | kodesh | [the] sanctuary | H6944 → | 469 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֵלַ֔יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
עַ֚דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
עֶ֣רֶבevening
ʾerevH6153 →134 times
בֹּ֔קֶרmorning
bokerH1242 →
אַלְפַּ֖יִםtwo thousand
ʾalpayimH505 →505 times
וּשְׁלֹ֣שׁand three
usheloshH7969 →432 times
מֵא֑וֹתhundreds
meotH3967 →581 times
וְנִצְדַּ֖קand it will be put right
venitzdakH6663 →
קֹֽדֶשׁ׃[the] sanctuary
kodeshH6944 →469 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Daniel 7:25He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for…
it leads to
- Revelation 12:14
But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times,…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Daniel 12:7
And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever,…
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4
He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
- Revelation 13:5–11
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
- Revelation 12:6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
- Revelation 12:14
Through
Daniel 12:11And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
it leads to
- Revelation 13:5
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Daniel 11:31
His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.
- Revelation 13:5
Through
Daniel 12:7And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever,…
it leads to
- Daniel 7:25
He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for…
- Daniel 7:25
Where this verse is studied
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About Daniel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Daniel; Jerome, St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER EIGHT; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.